Federal Highway Administration February 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The FHWA in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division (MassDOT) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to solicit comments and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to study the potential environmental and related social and economic effects of proposed transportation improvements through the Cape Cod Bridges Program in the town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The Cape Cod Bridges Program proposes critical transportation infrastructure improvements including replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore highway bridges spanning Cape Cod Canal; reconfiguration of the highway approach networks north and south of Cape Cod Canal to align with the replacement highway bridges; and provision of separated pedestrian and bicycle accommodations along the replacement bridges with connections to the local roadway network. This NOI contains a summary of the information required in the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations. This NOI should be reviewed together with the Supplementary NOI Document, which includes important details about the Cape Cod Bridges Program and complements the information in this NOI. Persons and agencies who may be interested in or affected by the Cape Cod Bridges Program are encouraged to comment on the information in this NOI and the Supplementary NOI Document. All comments received in response to this NOI will be considered and any information presented herein may be revised in consideration of the comments.

The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans, that are final. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, State Route 49 and State Route 4, from post miles: 4-8.4-9.1, R20.8-21.4 within the City of Angels Camp in the County Calaveras County, State of California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

This notice announces action taken by FHWA and other Federal Agencies that are final. The actions relate to the NYS Route 33 Kensington Expressway Project located in the city of Buffalo, Erie County, New York.

This notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final. This final agency action relates to a proposed interchange reconstruction and widening project, the I-285 at I-20 Interchange Reconstruction Project. Along I-20, the proposed project begins at the Thornton Road interchange eastbound I-20 on-ramp and ends at the Hamilton E. Holmes interchange for a total length of approximately 6.5-miles. Along I-285, the proposed project begins just south of the Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Drive interchange and extends north to the Donald Lee (DL) Hollowell Parkway interchange for a total length of approximately 2.4-miles. The FHWA's Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) provides details on the Selected Alternative for the proposed interchange and will be used by Federal Agencies in subsequent proceedings, including decisions whether to grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the highway project.

The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on November 9, 2023. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a reinstatement of an information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a renewal of information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on October 31, 2023. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The FHWA, in coordination with the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to solicit comments and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that they intend to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) (FHWA-WV-EIS-92-01-SD) for the 9-mile Appalachian Highway Corridor H Parsons to Davis Project in Tucker County, West Virginia. Persons and agencies who may be interested in or affected by the proposed project are encouraged to comment on the information in this NOI and the NOI Supplementary Information Document. All comments received in response to this NOI will be considered and any information presented herein may be revised in consideration of the comments.